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Old 09-01-08, 08:39 PM
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should i paint the chrome grille piece or leave it the way it is?



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Old 09-02-08, 07:08 AM
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with this grill, I love the chrome part! just like my car
Old 09-02-08, 07:26 AM
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With the mod you did, black would be best.

Try to get the chrome border around the windows black as well.

You'll be extra stealthy!
Old 09-02-08, 07:51 AM
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Black Chrome!
Old 09-02-08, 07:59 AM
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I say it depends on your plans for the car. Pretty much what wheels you go with.
Old 09-02-08, 08:03 AM
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should paint it
Old 09-02-08, 08:22 AM
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paint it to match. i think it looks good that way
Old 09-02-08, 08:40 AM
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the wheels i ordered look exactly like this:



so it might actually be good to leave the chrome piece? the other problem is i dont think its gonna be possible to remove the custom grille from the chrome piece due to all the 3m double sided tape i used... you guys think i should just get the whole thing spray painted to match my obsidian?

Meaning have the chrome/custom grille removed without separating the two and paint them.... you guys think that will come out good? Or it will look wierd in the end?

ideas?
Old 09-02-08, 07:31 PM
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its kinda even in the polls..i like it..lol but then i wonder what it will look like if it was black...maybe i will buy a sewell painted obsidian grille surround and put my original grille in it and see how it looks like that..HA ! maybe that will look better than this...
Old 09-02-08, 07:36 PM
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Not to but in your thread but....


Leave it alone! The chrome just accentuates the black. The shiny chrome is like the contrasting tie to a good suit. Stick with the chrome dude!!!
Old 09-02-08, 07:57 PM
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I like the contrast between the chrome and the black. It matches the wheels and looks good.
Old 09-02-08, 08:09 PM
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I left the grill alone, and added a Race Mesh lower grille. I am not a fan of all blacked out grilles ..... looks artificial in my view. Too much of a hulking black hole.

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im gonna buy the sewell grille bezel and have them paint it the color of my car and put original grille into it and see how that looks..i might just take the original grille with emblem to a body shop and have them paint match it to the sewell painted piece and bam blam im done... should look much better than mine does now and have the all black look i like...itl look like my lexus emblem is just hovering there...atleast i hope it looks sick.. MUAHAHAHAHHAHAHA ofcourse post pics when im done
Old 09-03-08, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Evitzee
I left the grill alone, and added a Race Mesh lower grille. I am not a fan of all blacked out grilles ..... looks artificial in my view. Too much of a hulking black hole.

i like how that looks, but on a black car that would be soooo bright..like a *****hs chrome grille..as in his iced out mouth lol... but i like how it looks on silver. I dont want to accent the silver on my car, but rather make it all black...i jsut dont think it would follow my vision for when im done modding,
Old 09-03-08, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by leo_k
but then i wonder what it will look like if it was black...



if you keep the chrome, you need the L emblem to look even nicer.
If you don't want the L emblem, then paint it black.

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